HARRIS, Judge.
Appellant was put to trial upon an indictment charging murder in the first degree. At arraignment, attended by court-appointed counsel, he pleaded not guilty. He was found guilty of murder in the second degree and the jury fixed his punishment at twenty years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Trial counsel was appointed to represent him on appeal.
The homicide occurred on September 23, 1972, near a Negro store by the name of Cooper's Sure Save...
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